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    Quote Originally Posted by Saraide View Post
    I love how both of you just pretend I said "just the right wing". There is a lot more capital behind right wing politics however because the people and corporations with tons of money profit more of them. Capitalism has always favored right wing policies.
    1. I didn't claim that you said 'just' the right wing, I expanded upon your comment.
    2. Your first and second sentence are at odds with each other "I didn't say it was so. But it is so." lol

    "Only" about 65% of lobbying goes to right wing anymore. If we were about 20-25 years ago you'd be right, but we're not. Corporations learned that it's really easy to get the left on their side, just update their Twitter avatar every June and virtue signal. I can't believe the "right wing" is the one AGAINST corporations in the US.

    Edit: Preemptive (maybe, depends on how long I took) sourcing:


    https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-...top-recipients

    6 of the top 10 Lobbying recipients are...Democrats. I'm fairly sure total cash value still leans republican, but it's not what it used to be.
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    Quote Originally Posted by LeonKeyh View Post
    1. I didn't claim that you said 'just' the right wing, I expanded upon your comment.
    2. Your first and second sentence are at odds with each other "I didn't say it was so. But it is so." lol

    "Only" about 65% of lobbying goes to right wing anymore. If we were about 20-25 years ago you'd be right, but we're not. Corporations learned that it's really easy to get the left on their side, just update their Twitter avatar every June and virtue signal. I can't believe the "right wing" is the one AGAINST corporations in the US.

    Edit: Preemptive (maybe, depends on how long I took) sourcing:


    https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-...top-recipients

    6 of the top 10 Lobbying recipients are...Democrats. I'm fairly sure total cash value still leans republican, but it's not what it used to be.
    They're not against corporations, they're just unhappy with how far they are lagging behind the most insane and unhinged right wingers. I'm also unhappy to report that democrats are very much right leaning and love nothing more than to attack their own progressive wing. If they spent even half as much fervor on attacking republicans the democrats would win every major election forever against the republicans. This is why so many people in the US are so demoralized about voting. Nothing changes, the two parties are almost identical when it comes to actual policies and not just empty posturing.
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